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Oregon Passes 'Right to Repair' Law With Extra Cojones: Oregon’s “right to repair” bill, which now only needs the governor’s signature before it becomes law, has teeth not found in similar legislation (fossforce.com)

TIL: A man rejected for police job due to scoring too high on intelligence test. (abcnews.go.com)

Sept. 8, 2000 – A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city....

Man finds out migraines caused by brain tapeworms; undercooked bacon may be culprit (www.nbcnews.com)

A man was hospitalized with worsening migraines only to find out they were caused by parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain — and researchers believe he was infected by eating undercooked bacon....

Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ (www.theguardian.com)

Gov. Gavin Newsom's campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow new minimum wage law after backlash (abcnews.go.com)

Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images (www.bbc.com)

BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president....

Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can't sue, company points to cardboard box (www.nbcbayarea.com)

Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can’t sue, company points to cardboard box::NBC Bay Area’s Consumer team filed a report focused on faulty fridges, and then, viewers responded resoundingly about their own refrigerator problems…

Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice? (www.nytimes.com)

Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather (www.latimes.com)

Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in gradual decline and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically alter global weather patterns....

Hackers Leak 2.5M Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Airport Breach (www.hackread.com)

Louisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage (abcnews.go.com)

Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage....

Average French launguage learner (sopuli.xyz)

TIL about the gameboy accessory that gasses kids to sleep for surgery (www.destructoid.com)

A new piece of medical equipment is being tested right now called the Pedisedate. Basically, it is a headset that is placed on a child before they are admitted to surgery. The device connects to a Game Boy or portable CD player (yup, not a Nintendo DS or iPod — apparently the Pedisedate also transports you to 1996) and a...

Study of sea sponges lead scientists to believe Earth has already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming (abcnews.go.com)

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade....

The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? | Washington Post (www.yahoo.com)

Washington Post link...

A man opened an emergency exit and walked on a plane's wing. Passengers are supporting his action (apnews.com)

At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes....

Top UN court stops short of ordering cease-fire in Gaza and demands Israel contain deaths (apnews.com)

More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings (www.theguardian.com)

More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists....

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God' (www.bbc.co.uk)

queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban (archive.fo)

The admin stated they won’t be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban....

Engine maker Cummins to repair 600,000 Ram trucks in $2 billion emissions cheating scandal (apnews.com)

Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests....

Teslas Have a Minor Issue Where the Wheels Fly Off While Driving, Documents Show (1ft.io)

Tens of thousands of Tesla owners have had the suspension or steering of their vehicles — even in practically brand new ones — fail in recent years. Newly obtained documents show how Tesla engineers internally called these incidents “flaws” and “failures.”...